When can i start decorating?

Hello, i apologise ahead of time if there's already a topic about this but i looked without finding any results.

Anyhow, i'm only a couple days into natural dreading but my hair is sectioning very quickly and knotting up! I was wondering when i'll probably be able to start wearing beads, hair wraps, charms etc. in my dreads. Right now they're basically just the width of yarn but i have a feeling they'll thicken up fast.

I know it varies from person to person, but could someone give a rough estimate?

You can straight away, I have a hair wrap which was made even before I began my locks (so the wrap is now around a year old) and the hair which grows just dreads up I also had beads straight away in, and some fell out but it didn't really bother me. I do have 2 beads which are permanently stuck in there (the middle/bottom of my locks curl up and go crazy so are much thicker there) and so they cant be removed but its also part of the beauty I prefer having feathers or shells in my hair attached with string, so it can always be cut out if you dont want it anymore

Im not an expert or anything but i hear that the beads can get "eaten" i guess by the maturing dreads. So the only way u can get them out (if u want that is) is to cut through and get it. dont recomend doing that because the hair will get weaker and weaker as a result unhealthy and wilting dreads.Hope this will helpPeace from Turkey!

When I started I put a few beads in places that wouldn't stay separated and they became permanent. I kept a couple, but since I used wooden beads, I just squeezed them with a pair of pliers and got them off pretty easily. So decorate away, just maybe use something that can be broken off if you decide you don't want it anymore. I did a wrap with embroidery thread, and it almost got eaten, it was way harder to get out than the beads. So, that's my experience Good luck!